Publications by authors named "Karin Nakano"
J Mol Graph Model
June 2019
Article Synopsis
- Influenza A H3N2 causes annual outbreaks in humans due to its continuous structural changes, particularly in its hemagglutinin (HA) protein.
- The study focuses on analyzing H3N2 HA models from recent strains (2014-2018) to understand the impact of specific amino acid residues on viral evolution and infection.
- Findings indicate that amino acid changes at residues 159-160 influence the orientation of residue 158, affecting the overall structure of the HA backbone and contributing to antigenic drift and receptor binding.
